The Wahkiakum County Eagle - Established as The Skamokawa Eagle in 1891

Articles from the March 7, 2019 edition

The Wahkiakum County PUD Board of Commissioners met Tuesday morning to approve a couple resolutions and hear about recent activity at the utility. General Manager Dave Tramblie reported that the PUD had completed a project to move about 3,500 feet...

By Publisher Rick Nelson There are Eagle readers who buy their copy as soon as they can on Wednesdays. After this week, they will no longer be able to do so. Our printing schedule is changing. Since at least 1970, The Daily News in Longview has...

To The Eagle: On March 15, 6-8 p.m. everyone is invited to be at the Skamokawa Grange to help identify common concerns we have in our county that we want the state level government to work on. This is a bipartisan effort, sponsored by both the Republ...

To The Eagle: In response to George Wehrfritz’s comments in last week’s Eagle, I need to explain some apparent misconceptions. First of all, the recall petition against Jacobson, Smith, Burnham and Cameron is supported by the group called...

To The Eagle: Imagine the leftist future. The abolition of the Electoral College, say. The final ascendence of the loving Left. The will realized of the" little people," led, of course, by the tender ministrations and commandments of our ruling...

To The Eagle: On November 23, 2018, the day after Thanksgiving, I suffered a STEMI heart attack, also known as a “widow maker,” and was a thirty minute drive by ambulance to St. John’s hospital. I recognized the early symptoms and called 911. E...

OLYMPIA – A bipartisan bill to enable public utility districts to sell and distribute hydrogen fuel and sponsored by 33 senators — well over half the state Senate — unanimously passed the chamber and is now in the House of Representatives for...

WEATHER--I was happy to see some warmer temperatures at the end of last week and it was very pleasant to see some sunshine coming through the windows that was not accompanied by freezing temperatures outside! However, that all changed as the days...

Women Empowered Verses “Rule of Thumb” We use words and phrases every day without really knowing the origin of the words or phrases. For example the 1890's time period was referred to as the “Gay Nineties,” and this had no inference to...

WSU Master Gardeners and the Community Garden are sponsoring a free Seed Exchange on the morning of Saturday, March 9 (10:00 a.m.) at the Community Center. Even if you do not have seeds to exchange you are welcome to come and get some seeds for the...

Greetings from the fair office! Thanks to the crew who started putting the bleachers together. It is going to be great to be able to use the arena for events and have some seating. We will have another work day soon to get the seats on. This...

According to information from Steve Carson of Skamokawa, a Nextdoor.com private network that is only available for Skamokawa Valley residents, is being set up. More details can be found online at https://skamokawa.net/community/ne...

Here comes the sun! The past week at the Community Center has been full of excitement. Gardeners, the Seed Exchange is this Saturday @ 10 a.m. Make it a part of your weekend to stop in and meet some local Master Gardeners and choose some seeds for...

An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of The Pied Piper on Monday, March 18 in the J.A. Wendt Elementary School Multi-purpose Room from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. All those auditioning should arrive at 3:15 p.m. and plan...

Thursday March 14 from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m., Wahkiakum high School will host the second annual Wahkiakum Wohbot Wohundup, aka “WWW.” The community is invited. We will show off robot and programming projects from students K-12. There will also be...

The Wahkiakum Chamber of Commerce will now be showcasing local businesses through quarterly Business After Hours socials. Their first after hours meeting will be hosted by Rivermile 38 Brewery. This private networking experience will begin at 6...

Mt. Vernon Christian ended the Naselle Comets girls basketball team season on Wednesday on the first day of competition at the State 1B tournament in Spokane, 29-19. In a tight, defensive loser out game, the Comets led 9-8 after one quarter, but Mt....

OLYMPIA (March 1, 2019) — Gov. Jay Inslee announced he is seeking the presidency of the United States in a video focused on climate change posted on his Facebook page early Friday. Inslee joins 14 other Democrats and one Republican, former...